The Brockport Merchants Association Sidewalk Sale (July 12-14) entertainment schedule is loaded with activities. Featured events include Chess Day on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Participants can play on one of 18 chessboards or use the two-foot chess pieces played on a 13-foot square chessboard. All ages are invited to play and there will be gifts for all players.

Take an Erie Canal boat ride on Force Seven Charters all three days between 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

The Brockport Police Department is offering free child-seat safety checks and will fingerprint children (prints are returned to parents for their files) on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Some of the other events are: Brockport High School Band concert; face painting; McGruff Safety Dog appearances; wagon rides; clowns; Saturday Morning Movies; Zoo Mobile; bands; live radio 89.1 The Point; Tai Chi and Judo demonstrations and more.

The Sidewalk Sale will close with the Lions Club "Cruise In" on Saturday evening. See hundreds of classic and antique cars.

New this year - Nancy Datro's Hill School art classes drew pictures to celebrate the "spirit" of Brockport. Students' work highlights architecture, booths and tents during a village street festival. Thirty of the students' pictures were selected for display in Main Street store windows. Be sure to stop and see the work of Brockport's budding artists.